Burke High School - Burke Book Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Burke Bulldog Cagers Prove Themselves f ai? WMM. The Varsity Basketball Team consists of the following: row oneg Coach Kirk Helms, Ken Holst, Raymond Montgomery and Coach Mike John Johnette, Assistant Coach Ross Schmidt, Phillip Bates, Jim Young, row twog Jim Conant, Brad Olson, Randy Belmont, Tim Heyne Gregory, Mike Ward, Brett Bunney, Turino Wilson, Dan Schmuecher, and student manager Harris Frankel. Burke's Varsity Basketball Team gained its first State Championship with a 17-8 record. The Bulldog r offense, led by Jim Gregory and Raymond Montgomery, averaged 66 points per gameg they limited their opponents to 61 points per game. The Bulldogs received strong performances from Captains Jim Gregory, Ray T Montgomery, and Brett Bunney. As in the past, all the Bulldogs contributed their strengths toward victories. The season was highlighted by Burke's fourth consecutive trip to the Nebraska State Basketball Tournament, this time coming home with the first place trophy. Bulldogs receiving special recognition were Jim Gregory, a member of the All-Holiday Tournament Team, All-Metro, All-State, Captain of the State Tournament Teamg Ray Montgomery was All-Metro, a member of the State Tournament Team, and Honorable -Mention All-State. In the final polls, the previous seventh-ranked Bulldogs were ranked Number One in l l l both Lincoln and Omaha.

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KU Sophomore Wendy Grieg concentrates as she attempts a back lay-out dive. 12D Sophomore Jackie Thuringer shows her backstroke form in a dual meet. Q35 The timers click their watches at the start of the annual inter-squad race to determine the top Bullfrog swimmers. 141 The Burke swim fans watch intently at the Nebraska Girls' State Swim Meet in the Sports Complex in Lincoln. The Bullfrogs finished a respectable seventh in the entire state of Nebraska. 151 All-American Sophomore Tenley Fisher accepts the gold medal for her state record performance in the 100 yard backstroke.

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Burke Burke Burke ........ Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke Burke ......... Burke ......... Burke ......... Burke ......... Burke ......... Burke ......... Burke ......... Season Summary South ........... ........ .......... 5 7 ........Bellevue .. ........Millard........ ........Abe Lynx.... ........North ........Bellevue.......... ........Linc. East........... .,...,..W6StS1d6 ........Central........ ........Tech. ........Linc. ........Ryan..,......... .,......Gross ........Roncalli....... ..........69........Benson........ ..........79........North REGULAR SEASON-The roundballers posted a 17-8 regular season record after losing three of their first four games. The team finished second in the American Division. The highlight of the season came as Raymond Montgomery sank a last second shot against the number two-rated Ryan Knights to beat them 56-55. HOLIDAY TOURNEY-As the Bulldogs came to life, they finished an encouraging third in the Holiday Tournament. They were stopped by North in the semi-finals, then they came back to avenge an early season loss to Bellevue. Wiinning by twenty points, the roundballers captured third place in the tourney. DISTRICTS-In the first round of the District Tournament, Burke drew a bye. The cagers once again avenged an early season loss by defeating South by 22 points. This advanced them to the finals against Prep. The Bulldogs gained their State Tournament berth as they defeated the Bluejays 58-55. STATE-The 1977 Bulldogs proved themselves superior as they won the state title for the first time in Burkeis history. Burke beat North in the opening round after having lost to them previously. This avenged the Holiday Tournament loss and the loss during regular season play and proved that Gregory could outplay McGee. The semi-final game set Burke against Papillion. Burke won the most exciting game of the tournament 67-66, with an outstanding performance by Jim Gregory. The final game was with Lincoln High, showing that Coach Johnette and the Bulldogs refused to give in-they battled on to win their first State Championship 66-61. i 1 l I I . U1 if. i f, H vow'